The Climate Minute: Tornados and protests (PODCAST)

There was a lot of news in a busy week in climate news. Here is a link-dump, mostly courtesy of D.R. Tucker. Happy reading!

• Revere tornado
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/07/28/revere-tornado-was-brief-destructive-residents-say/Fr9FEsTJNaVqjYooF58S1O/story.html
http://www.boston.com/news/weather/2014/07/28/officials-investigate-possible-tornado-revere/Tfc0g33DiJeo3onbheyMDN/story.html
http://www.wbur.org/2014/07/28/revere-tornado-nws
http://www.wbur.org/2014/07/28/photos-tornado-revere
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/07/28/national-weather-service-investigating-possible-tornado-in-revere/
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2014/07/revere_police_after_horror_storm_avoid_the_city_until_further
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/tornado-hits-north-of-boston-as-cold-air-invades-u.s.-again-17825

• Kinder-Morgan pipeline protest

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/07/30/protest-against-proposed-gas-pipeline-draws-more-than-boston-common/vUr55aaNdqoDBWCwPD14HO/story.html
http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/07/hundreds_of_opponents_rally_in.html
http://www.masslive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/07/editorial_kinder_morgan_must_a.html#incart_river_opinion

• MA statehouse/Solar cap

http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/07/massachusetts_legislators_life.html

• Resignations and new ideas

http://radioboston.wbur.org/2014/07/30/carbon-dividend-policy

• Sheldon Whitehouse

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/29/3465442/whitehouse-blasts-inhofe-on-climate/

Todd-Whitman on Fox

http://mediamatters.org/video/2014/07/31/bush-era-epa-administrator-baffles-fox-business/200278

• Rep. Chris Van Hollen introduces Cap-and-Dividend Bill
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/30/opinion/a-plan-to-auction-pollution-permits.html
http://capcarbonnow.com/chris-van-hollen-introduces-cap-and-dividend/
• Not in my backyard: US sending dirty coal abroad
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/29/3461304/obama-climate-goals-coal/
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/not-my-backyard-us-sending-dirty-coal-abroad

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist that the United States put a price on carbon.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre